Head over to The Informed Traveler blog and check out Mary’s article on the Jumeirah Essex House and their brand new renovation (pictures and details included of course).
The Essex building previously housed a St. Regis and Westin Hotel (they shared the lobby, but with different elevator banks), but is currently owned by Jumeirah.
Some fun facts […]

Most hotels like to talk up their deluxe or premier rooms and suites - they don’t often feature or try to sell their standard rooms by providing lots of pictures and information. Our recurring feature - “Standard Rooms - What You Get“, goes to the luxury hotels of New York and provides you with more […]

Our friends at Luxist.com just wrote an article on “The Lavish Plans For 75 Wall Street.” They note that the former office building of JP Morgan Chase in Manhattan will be changed from office building “to luxury condos and a hotel.” 75 Wall Street’s 250-room hotel will be part of the new Hyatt Brand ‘Andaz’ […]

According to a new NY Sun article from April 19th - which HotelChatter alerted us to, a “developer has proposed building a 90-plus-story hotel near the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.” If built as planned, rising 980 feet, this hotel would be the nation’s tallest. Three different development firms are fighting for the state contract […]

Most hotels like to talk up their deluxe or premier rooms and suites - they don’t often feature or try to sell their standard rooms by providing lots of pictures and information. Our recurring feature - “Standard Rooms - What You Get“, goes to the luxury hotels of New York and provides you with more […]

The New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) is back to the Jacob Javits Convention Center from April 6th - 15th, 2007 for this year’s show. The official Dates, Times & Happenings can be found at the NYIAS website but for a guide on “where to stay, what to eat, and how to fill your time […]

There are 5 W Hotels in New York City (soon to be six, but that article comes later). One of them, The Court, is located in Murray Hill, between Lexington and Park Avenue on East 39th. With 196 rooms located on 16 floors, there is only 1 Extreme Wow Suite. Different from the regular “Wow […]

The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, New York, Battery Park are sold out. With First Place, Little West Street and Battery Place surrounding the building, the property offers 113 Luxury Residential condos, 298 guest rooms in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, New York’s Skyscraper Museum, and unobstructed views of New York’s Harbor. Still need to own a condo […]

If your a phone person, or you arent and you have time to call a reservation in, then this might be the deal for you.
The Leading Hotels of the World has a special “Insider Rate” at The Alex Hotel in New York (205 East 45th Street at Third Avenue to be exact):
Available exclusively via Leading […]

At the end of February, Gridskipper asked 11 architects for “their picks of the most god-awfully hideous edifices in New York City.” Check out the following number 4 from the list of “Ugliest Buildings”:
Ugliest Building: Trump Buildings
Expert: John Beckmann, founder of architecture firm Axis Mundi
Anything with TRUMP on it is ugly. They’re all equally bland, […]